diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1e724cd0..eda4125c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+  - added config-option "request_use_auto_globals" to make auto-globals be
+    used as request vars instead of HTTP_*_VARS (messju)
   - make config vars compile statically (Monte)
   - added block-methods for registered objects (Bharat Mediratta, messju)
   - ignore one char resource names like c:foo.tpl (Monte)
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index ddad1c5d..a15452d5 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Smarty
     /**
      * The directory where config files are located.
      * 
-     * @var string
+reques     * @var string
      */
     var $config_dir      =  'configs';
 
@@ -271,6 +271,16 @@ class Smarty
      */
     var $request_vars_order    = "EGPCS"; 
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates wether $HTTP_*_VARS[] (request_use_auto_globals=false)
+     * are uses as request-vars or $_*[]-vars. note: if
+     * request_use_auto_globals is true, then $request_vars_order has
+     * no effect, but the php-ini-value "gpc_order"
+     * 
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    var $request_use_auto_globals      = false;
+
     /**
      * Set this if you want different sets of compiled files for the same
      * templates. This is useful for things like different languages.
@@ -1483,7 +1493,9 @@ class Smarty
         $smarty_compiler->_tpl_vars         = &$this->_tpl_vars;
         $smarty_compiler->default_modifiers = $this->default_modifiers;
         $smarty_compiler->compile_id        = $this->_compile_id;
-		$smarty_compiler->_config			= $this->_config;
+        $smarty_compiler->_config			= $this->_config;
+
+        $smarty_compiler->request_use_auto_globals  = $this->request_use_auto_globals;
 
         if ($smarty_compiler->_compile_file($tpl_file, $template_source, $template_compiled)) {
             return true;
diff --git a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
index 159a7d0d..1febbb12 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
@@ -1766,27 +1766,26 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
                 break;
 
             case 'get':
-                $compiled_ref = "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_GET_VARS']";
-                break;
+                $compiled_ref = ($this->request_use_auto_globals) ? '$_GET' : "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_GET_VARS']";
 
             case 'post':
-                $compiled_ref = "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_POST_VARS']";
+                $compiled_ref = ($this->request_use_auto_globals) ? '$_POST' : "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_POST_VARS']";
                 break;
 
             case 'cookies':
-                $compiled_ref = "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_COOKIE_VARS']";
+                $compiled_ref = ($this->request_use_auto_globals) ? '$_COOKIE' : "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_COOKIE_VARS']";
                 break;
 
             case 'env':
-                $compiled_ref = "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_ENV_VARS']";
+                $compiled_ref = ($this->request_use_auto_globals) ? '$_ENV' : "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_ENV_VARS']";
                 break;
 
             case 'server':
-                $compiled_ref = "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']";
+                $compiled_ref = ($this->request_use_auto_globals) ? '$_SERVER' : "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']";
                 break;
 
             case 'session':
-                $compiled_ref = "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_SESSION_VARS']";
+                $compiled_ref = ($this->request_use_auto_globals) ? '$_SESSION' : "\$GLOBALS['HTTP_SESSION_VARS']";
                 break;
 
             /*
@@ -1794,7 +1793,12 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
              * compiler.
              */
             case 'request':
-                $this->_init_smarty_vars = true;
+                if ($this->request_use_auto_globals) {
+                    $compiled_ref = '$_REQUEST';
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    $this->_init_smarty_vars = true;
+                }
                 return null;
 
             case 'capture':